Reflective teaching for student learning -- Understanding student differences -- Teaching culturally diverse learners -- Teaching students with disabilities -- Teaching academically diverse learners -- Key principles of learning -- School culture -- Establishing the classroom environment -- Maintaining the classroom environment -- Planning what to teach -- Planning lessons -- How to teach -- Communication in the classroom -- Teaching and technology -- Assessment for learning -- Tools for assessment -- Working with your students' families -- Working with colleagues -- School governance and funding -- Professional performance assessment -- The ethics of teaching -- Educational law -- Hiring, firing, and educational law -- The first year -- Professionalism in teaching.

To accommodate the evolution of teacher education programs, this text has been developed for two groups: 1) those serving as interns or student teachers as they complete traditional teacher education programs and 2) new in-service teachers who are part of an alternative certification program.